A year and a half into the pandemic, India’s official Covid-19 data is still plagued by gaps

A new preprint paper finds that the Centre and most states do not report granular coronavirus data.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 07, 2021 · 01:30 pm

First city-wide Covid-19 data points to massive undercounting of cases and deaths in India

Madurai detected just 1.4% of all infections from May 2020 to October 2020, despite conducting 70% more tests per 100 people compared to the national average.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 16, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Covid-19 second wave: India recorded 3 lakh more deaths in May 2021 than the same period in 2019

The figure is 2.5 times the official coronavirus death toll of 1.2 lakh for the month.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 12, 2021 · 01:30 pm

How many excess deaths in India were because of Covid-19? It’s difficult to say

In the first five months of 2021, five states saw over 4.60 lakh excess deaths.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 28, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Covid-19 deaths are declining among the elderly. Does it mean the vaccine effect is kicking in?

In three southern states and in Mumbai and Pune, the share of the elderly in total deaths began to decrease after immunisations, shows data.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· May 14, 2021 · 01:30 pm

India’s claim that there have been very few post-vaccination infections is based on incomplete data

Until nearly three months after the inoculation drive began, authorities were not checking if those getting tested for coronavirus had been vaccinated.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 24, 2021 · 01:30 pm

India’s Covid-19 death numbers are still relatively low. But why?

The country is finally beginning to understand why.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 27, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Maharashtra’s Covid-19 surge holds clues for how the pandemic may move through the rest of India

The state’s trajectory of coronavirus cases has more or less matched the national graph of infections.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 26, 2021 · 07:30 pm

How Kerala became a victim of its early success in curbing Covid-19 – and what it means for India

State’s low case count in the early days of the pandemic resulted in fewer people developing immunity compared to the rest of the country, say experts.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 10, 2021 · 01:30 pm

More than 7.5 crore Indians contracted Covid-19 in 2020, according to experts

Officially, India had 1 crore laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 14, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Child undernutrition may be on a rise in India, reversing decades of gains

Early data from the just-released first phase of the latest National Family Health Survey also indicates that more infants now receive vaccines.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 15, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Why is coronavirus spiking in some Indian states, but not in others?

Higher testing is expected to lead to more cases, but some states buck this trend, even as evidence suggests some undercounting.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 24, 2020 · 01:30 pm